I saw a magazine article recently about how the actor Jeff Bridges is working on a cause to stop hunger for kids in America. The numbers of how many children are going hungry was staggering. No one should have to go hungry, especially children, who need food even more than adults do because their bodies are growing and developing.
The other day, a very skinny, very hungry, coyote was on our deck in broad daylight, eating dry catfood from the bowl while the cat sat watching on the railing nearby.
We are all changing and adapting to our environments, doing what we must in order to live and to survive. Sometimes, like the coyote, we miss the chance to eat the foods our bodies need naturally.
I'm finding that as I continue to eat a strict Macrobiotic diet (Diet #7, Diet #6, and Diet #5), my body is adjusting, healing, and re-learning how to metabolize food naturally. Sometimes I've felt light-headed and very hungry, because my blood sugar was low, and so I've rested — giving my body a chance to heal. But then, every morning, I wake up feeling great — energized, optimistic, and ready to meet the new day.
I don't think it takes a lot of money to provide our bodies with the food that they need to survive and be healthy. Whole grains (like rice, oats, wheat, barley, millet, rye, and quinoa), vegetables (fresh, locally grown, in season), water, daylight, and fresh air — this is all that our bodies need. They don't even need fruit or animal products to survive!
But the thing is, our bodies have to be taught how to metabolize foods. I have to teach my body all over again how to chew, chew, and salivate — how to digest carbohydrates in my mouth — and how to derive energy from the whole grains that I'm chewing.
The natural food for a cow is grass. Isn't it amazing how big a cow can grow just from chewing, chewing, and chewing more grass!
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